Friday, 18 March 2016

CEO Thoughts: Its the journey that matters. Not the destination.

Building this company has brought me to places I never dared to dream
of. One thing that I have learnt is that you need to keep trying no
matter how impossible it may seem. The dream keeps you alive and keeps
you going. Someday you may get there. Even if you don’t, it’s the
journey that matters. Not just the destination.

Stepping into Dreamworks Animation was
one of those “impossible” dreams of mine. This is probably not a big
deal to those who works in the US industry, but for someone like me from
this “tiny island”, it was something beyond my wildest imagination.

Many years ago, I had the honour of
meeting an US executive who was running one of the largest US Animation
Studio in Singapore. Years later, she became one of the key executive at
Dreamworks. Having only met her just once, I thought that she would
have probably forgotten about me. Still, I tried my luck at contacting
her anyway. Unsurprisingly, I didn’t get a reply; which is very normal
when you write to someone so high up there. I tried again after 6
months. And this time, astonishingly, I got a reply. She told me she had
forwarded my mail to another important executive who was handling all
of Dreamworks’ major overseas operations. This is a miracle and I am
really thankful to every one who gave me such a rare opportunity. (...read more)